HALL OF FAME
JOHN BATES

 

 

YEAR INDUCTED                           1999   

 

INDUCTED AS                                 Coach

 

PARTICIPATING SPORT                Basketball

 

YEARS AT UMES                            1971--1974

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS                                   Coach 1973-74 team 27-2 season…overall record at UMES 61-9…won MEAC Tournament 1974…first coach to take Historically Black College to National Invitational Tournament (NIT)..had several players to play professional basketball Talvin Skinner, Joe Pace…